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 Through MFP, USDA will provide up to $14.5 billion in direct
payments to impacted producers, part of a broader trade relief
package announced in late July. The sign-up period runs through
December 6, 2019.
MFP payments will be made to producers of certain non-specialty
and specialty crops as well as dairy and hog producers.
Non-Specialty Crops
MFP payments will be made to producers of alfalfa hay, barley,
canola, corn, crambe, dried beans, dry peas, extra-long staple
cotton, flaxseed, lentils, long grain and medium grain rice,
millet, mustard seed, oats, peanuts, rapeseed, rye, safflower,
sesame seed, small and large chickpeas, sorghum, soybeans,
sunflower seed, temperate japonica rice, triticale, upland
cotton, and wheat.
MFP assistance for 2019 crops is based on a single county
payment rate multiplied by a farm’s total plantings to the MFP-eligible
crops in aggregate in 2019. Those per acre payments are not
dependent on which of those crops are planted in 2019. A
producer’s total payment-eligible plantings cannot exceed total
2018 plantings. View payment rates by county.
Dairy and Hogs
Dairy producers who were in business as of June 1, 2019, will
receive a per hundredweight payment on production history, and
hog producers will receive a payment based on the number of live
hogs owned on a day selected by the producer between April 1 and
May 15, 2019.
Specialty Crops
MFP payments will also be made to producers of almonds,
cranberries, cultivated ginseng, fresh grapes, fresh sweet
cherries, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, pistachios, and
walnuts.
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Each specialty crop will receive a payment based on
2019 acres of fruit or nut bearing plants, or in the case of
ginseng, based on harvested acres in 2019.
More Information
Payments will be made in up to three tranches, with the second and
third tranches evaluated as market conditions and trade
opportunities dictate. If conditions warrant, the second and third
tranches will be made in November and early January.
MFP payments are limited to a combined $250,000 for non-specialty
crops per person or legal entity. MFP payments are also limited to a
combined $250,000 for dairy and hog producers and a combined
$250,000 for specialty crop producers. However, no applicant can
receive more than $500,000. Eligible applicants must also have an
average adjusted gross income (AGI) for tax years 2015, 2016, and
2017 of less than $900,000, or 75 percent of the person’s or legal
entity’s average AGI for those tax years must have been derived from
farming and ranching. Applicants must also comply with the
provisions of the Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation
regulations.
More information can be found on farmers.gov/mfp, including payment
information and a program application.
[USDA Farm Service Agency]
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